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ESL / EFL Lesson Activity on Alaska Tunnel

During the Cold War, in 1959, American senator Warren Magnuson asked the Soviet Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov linking their two countries. He was not the first to have this . Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II suggested in 1905. Senator Magnuson a bridge or tunnel to connect Siberia and Alaska would the USA and Soviet Union live to each other more peacefully. He said: “Real American families in American-made cars, will do more [for relations] a…conference.”

Over half a century , the idea has returned. The BBC that Russian officials want to a tunnel under the Bering Sea. It would be 105km , which is twice as long the UK to France tunnel. The tunnel would cost $12 billion to build and take up to 15 years. There would be an cost of over $100 billion for an additional 6,000km of train track connect U.S. and Russian cities and ports. The tunnel would also provide an link for U.S. and Chinese trade. Passengers make the New York-Moscow trip by 2041.